Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-06-26

naeisian callad fer a. hus n iseated
wishin she limits eAlled fes ~ ne
larger pskikson, ard all gtaeeDeR@ %
| the eanKraRy are fnlse. and thar aa1AoEs
Aqain. Il e saa3ea that bridge q Al
vnr4's wgnla nenummodasa twenty pr
suns whsRa the hEtdM Is l0aated wonid
anoumnoasAs one- Les rs ex4m1ne
shmt stneeznena In the hRnt Of the facsa-
For many years kheFs have kesn swo
fsrrias On White river, enc nsax A.
verbs and the otheF a. Van Deren4
nsar whare he BRIDE has bean ioeaeed-
A sew faETyhaak h in daily use a. the
latter placa. while khs old k1ik whteh
has aens duty for ferry % long ns9r
AlEunds has for many Eaoafns ees1
resting quietly as ths bottom o. ne
RiVuK, an0 its 0wnsEs have nos ecnsid-
srsd Il worth whiis % resarFeea . IN
less the e0unty wual6 fooal1he billa.
The fsrxy a. Van Dorsn'a pays. A.
paying plant Aouxishea. why 6oea noa
ne fsRTy nenR Alvegd's run II twenty
peEBgns would cross theEe. Wills bus
enc would ersas a Van Dorsn'ef A
child can Sc the AhsHr9ify Of their 20
sifion. Bat be thak a. 10 may can
safely ASSERT, without fear Of eonaEadic-
ton, THAI one hundred tons Of freight
viii cross he bridge heFe. where one
e0n wool6 cF0es IL II loeaaed o. Alvordss,
fox the people near there have Q rail-
road station On cash side Ct tie river.
hsnee net one ton Of theiR freight will
be s1gne6 from in present destination,
while those living In this viainisy, with
| thu railroad almost aa their very dooEa,
musl haul theiF freiahk from seven 10
nine miles night pass Alv0r&sA og else
put g across She KivsT On ths Terry or in
small boats.
Dsea ID not look q little sslnah for
these men Who have q rRilread station
withiN few minntas drive, 30 oppose
bridge at this point, where e Ii % much
needed fog crossing heavy freight, and
have net she Commissioners shown
good sense in granting Q bridge where
actaal necessity demands that IL shoald
be, and wheRe IL will answer sufheieHhly
well for the general tFavei7
The protest. also stated that for all
travel through 6noqaalmie Pass via
Rsnton, the route il eight and ena-half
miles further from points south and
eaak. II travellers over this route
| wished 70 take in Kent on the way, and
perhaps refresh themselves with Q
bottle Of HostetteR's, IL certainly would
Be further, and they might get lost in
| the naeandeEinRs Of the river, but
should the intsrest Of casual travellers
be made paramount to the necessities
OF white river farmers?
| Goefer as the claim that q bridge at
Awards would shorten the strip 10 Sc
attic for all persons coming from Green
River, Slaughter, Osceola, anywhere in
| the southern tier of townships, and the
country lying north OF the Oolnnbia,
| ETC., etc., ad fzfNitHna, even 10 Lower
California. 10 concerned, it 10 all bosh,
| and the authors Of the protest. know IL.
No one bridge on White river will
give the above mentioned places any
| closer o0nRection with Seattle than they
nov have BY the road on the west aide
| OF White river, a. any ono can see who
knows The lay OF the land or viii take
the sf0able 10 examine O correct map Of
the country. It 10 simply necessary, In
order TO show that persons crossing q
i bridge ak Alvord's would lenQthen the
| journey to Seattle, to slate that travel
| from all the southern tier Of townships
must bear TO the northwest to reach Sc
attle, and that Seattle IL two miles 70
the west Of where the bridge Ia located,
| while the general course Of the river
from that point for long distance Ia 10
the northeast.
The business mea Of Seattle should
know that while better reads to Seattle
| from the southwest part Of the county
might and no doubt would, strengthen
the tie between them, no bridge across
White river can make any differences in
the situation. At preaeat most Of the
communication between Seattle and the
southern townships Ii by rail, and II the
hasiness men Of Seattle are losing their
hold On the trade Of that section, which
Ia very doubtful, Il 10 because Tacoma
| offers better Inducements to trade.
wish also 10 call the attention Of the
| taxpayers 10 this fact, and / know
whereof speak, that fully one-half Of
| the names attached 10 that frantic ap-
peal IN last weeks issue are those Of
1 transient men who say no taxes. A num-
Der Of names are repeated with no al
tempt at concealment, and In other
cases the ooncealmeat 10 30 shin that
| anyone who knows the parties can see |
through It. 10 10 also worthy of notice
with very few exceptions the names be-
lenR 10 men living on the east side Of
the river and on space 90 small that
we're Il wiped oat Of existence white |
river valley woald hardly know the diff
1 ference.
why 10 IL thal the peepls Of Kent, who |
| do not claim TO need bridge for them |
| selves, are making such q elatter about |
| this matter while q number Of those |
who, It 10 claimed need the bridge, |
signed the petition fer the bridge al |
this polnt7 The reason 10 mot far b |
90 sk; one Of the nabobs Of the Payal- |
lup valley wants bridge 90 that be can |
drive 10 his farm on the east side Of |
White river, while another mighty man |
on the west side needs bridge ence q |
week In order 10 30 10 church. Failing |
10 accomplish their object, they play the |
dog IN the manager and set the rest on. !
Fie! for shame. neighbour. We had |
hoped for better things fpom Won.
Nov q word with regard 10 Julina
Mess. Not satisfied with dissortino zoe
| fscts Of the case till they possess no /
semblance Of truth. they have impurned
Mr.. Mess's motives and presented his /
character In 80 utterly false light,
have already shown that the CON-
misatoneFs, far from aetin0 arbitrarily
In she matter, have evidently followed |
the wishes Of the majority Of the tax
payers OF their valley. Il remains 70
state that. even II they had pus the
bridge at Mr.. Meas own door be w~uId
never use u 10 20 10 Seattle, a. vas Al.
legged, fer the road 10 seattle & shorter
and better On bis own side Of the river.
And % far a. Increasing the value Of
bis land 10 concerned, the bridge will
Be . valuable county Improvement, and
IN that way and that only will inorease
lhe value OF ali property affected, Mr..
Mess along With the rest.
IL is stated that AF. Meas erspG into
the offiee, while the fact ID the oflce
eoReht the man. Mr.. Mess earnestly
osieotsd 70 bis name being a Cd at the
RominatinR convention, and vas really
pat out when be found that he had re-
ceived the nomination. He vas nomi- ,
mated without reference TO his party |
afhltasson, and his nomination was
urged By his friends and peiQhbors BE-
cause he was regarded by them as
good practical business mAn-a man OF
unqusstioned integrity, and one Who
would hil the ofies Of County Commits /
siouer With credit 20 himself and TIE
county. be daes NOT even belong 10 c
the party that chose him fer Office. and 9
y the general public can expecs fair
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